RPG's where you are not a 14 year old emo?

[Erik_Twice]

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[Meldarion]

Fire Emblem and The Shining Force series if you like your rpg's tactical.

[TrevorF]

I have been playing rpg's for quite awhile and have beaten several. As I grow older (about to turn 31) I find it a lot harder to get into the games because of the characters. Are there any console rpg's geared towards a more adult audience?

Same boat here. Turning 31, played mostly RPG's since the NES age. For me, the SNES was probably the best time as an RPGer and a not too far off second would be the PS1. You didn't mention a specific console, so I'll list what I've played:

SNES
7th Saga
Brain Lord
Breath of Fire
Breath of Fire 2 * recommended *
Chrono Trigger * recommended *
Earthbound
E.V.O. The Search for Eden
Final Fantasy 2 * recommended *
Final Fantasy 3 * highly recommended *
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
Illusion of Gaia
Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen * recommended *
Paladin's Quest
Secret of Evermore
Secret of Mana * highly recommended * For me, this is a childhood gem. Great by yourself or with 1 or 2 friends. *
Super Mario RPG * highly recommended *

PS1
Alundra
Alundra 2
Arc the Lad Collection
Azure Dream
Breath of Fire III * highly recommended *
Breath of Fire IV
Chrono Cross * recommended *
Dragon Warrior 7 * recommended *
Final Fantasy 7 * highly recommended *
Final Fantasy 8 * recommended *
Final Fantasy 9 * recommended *
Final Fantasy Anthology * If you haven't played through them earlier *
Final Fantasy Chronicles * If you haven't played through them earlier *
Final Fantasy Origins * If you haven't played through them earlier *
Final Fantasy Tactics
Granstream Saga
Guardian's Crusade
Kartia: World of Fate
Legend of Dragoon * highly recommended *
Legend of Legaia * A lot of my friends hate this game. It's not terrible by any means. As an RPG lover, I saw past what they saw...which is them being idiots (if it wasn't rated or reviewed as a top of the list game, then it sucked!) *
Legend of Mana * recommended *
Lunar Silver Star Story Box Set * recommended *
Lunar II Eternal Blue Box Set * recommended *
Persona
Persona II: Eternal Punishment
Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure
Saga Frontier
Saga Frontier 2
Star Ocean: Second Story * recommended *
Suikoden * recommended *
Suikoden II * recommended *
Tactics Ogre * recommended *
Tales of Destiny * recommended *
Tales of Destiny II * recommended *
Thousand Arms
Threads of Fate * recommended *
Vagrant Story * recommended *
Valkyrie Profile * recommended *
Vandal Hearts
Vandal Hearts II
Vanguard Bandits
Wild Arms * highly recommended *
Wild Arms 2 * recommended *
Xenogears * recommended *

There are tons of others out there for the true RP Gamers. But these are the ones I have the best memories of.

Happy Hunting.

[disorderlyvision]

sorry i'm just now responding. I had to leave for work shortly after I posted the thread.

Are there any specific consoles that you're looking to play on? That'll help narrow things down a bit.

Most of the common ones (snes, genesis, n64 (barely any I know), ps1, ps2, xbox.....

Panzer dragoon saga my favorite rpg i found the main character to be quite cool

I did enjoy PDS, I thought it was too short though. I remember beating it in somewhere around 20 hours.

I almost hesitate to recommend Shin Megami Tensai... Maybe the Devil Summoner series?

I tried one in the series but I didn't put much time into it. i may have to look into them some more.

Jeanne D'Arc is another great one that plays with history a bit. Good story with good, strong, and independant female characters.

is it strategy or turn based? I'm not much into the strategy ones, mainly because I suck at them.

I think the Dragon Quest series is the epitome of how fun a JRPG can be and have totally non-emo stories/characters.

of the DQ games i've played I couldn't get into them because they seemed like a grind fest. is there one in particular you recomend, or maybe one that's not so heavy on grinding/dungeon crawling?

Because JRPGs are the only kind of RPGs there are. You would find plenty of choiches if you were willing to try out PC RPGs. There are plenty of 1990s/early 2000s RPGs that run on any modern computer.
Knights of the Old Republic, Dark Souls and Demon's Souls, Dragon Age and the newer Fallout games might be good games to start on, all of them can be found on consoles.

I actually just picked up Knights for the xbox. So I'm planning on giving that a go. I thought fallout was a fps? might have to look into it too.

There's no emo crap in Earthbound. And you don't even play a teen, the characters are mainly kids.

With all the talk of Earthbound here lately, I'm surprised I'm the first to mention it.

Unfortunately i dont have $150 to spend right now. I'm not a huge fan of playing on emulators it just feels weird playing old games on my modded xbox controller. i have little hope of finding earthbound cheap in the wild so i will probably break down eventually and play a rom.

How has Nier not been mentioned yet?! It's the quintessential "play as an ugly old dude" for consoles (and lo, it was highly praised for its story )

which console? I've never heard of this game.

Hyperdimension Neptunia. You don't play as 14 year old emo boys, you play as 14 year old girls with big boobs.

Any Western RPG is darker and less "emo" than the majority of JRPGs but you probably already know that...

Western rpg's are more grindy and dungeon crawly than jrpg's or is that just a misconception i have? To be honest i haven't played many western rpgs at all

As always, I will recommend Valkyrie Profile. You play as Lenneth Valkyrie, one of the three sisters of fate, whose job it is to claim the souls of fallen warriors and train them for service in Valhalla. She doesn't talk much, and when she does, she's either being hilariously deadpan or damning a defiler of souls to Nifelheim.

This is one I have never got around to trying. i think I will check it out, thanks.

[disorderlyvision]

I have been playing rpg's for quite awhile and have beaten several. As I grow older (about to turn 31) I find it a lot harder to get into the games because of the characters. Are there any console rpg's geared towards a more adult audience?

Same boat here. Turning 31, played mostly RPG's since the NES age. For me, the SNES was probably the best time as an RPGer and a not too far off second would be the PS1. You didn't mention a specific console, so I'll list what I've played:

SNES
7th Saga
Brain Lord
Breath of Fire
Breath of Fire 2 * recommended *
Chrono Trigger * recommended *
Earthbound
E.V.O. The Search for Eden
Final Fantasy 2 * recommended *
Final Fantasy 3 * highly recommended *
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
Illusion of Gaia
Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen * recommended *
Paladin's Quest
Secret of Evermore
Secret of Mana * highly recommended * For me, this is a childhood gem. Great by yourself or with 1 or 2 friends. *
Super Mario RPG * highly recommended *

PS1
Alundra
Alundra 2
Arc the Lad Collection
Azure Dream
Breath of Fire III * highly recommended *
Breath of Fire IV
Chrono Cross * recommended *
Dragon Warrior 7 * recommended *
Final Fantasy 7 * highly recommended *
Final Fantasy 8 * recommended *
Final Fantasy 9 * recommended *
Final Fantasy Anthology * If you haven't played through them earlier *
Final Fantasy Chronicles * If you haven't played through them earlier *
Final Fantasy Origins * If you haven't played through them earlier *
Final Fantasy Tactics
Granstream Saga
Guardian's Crusade
Kartia: World of Fate
Legend of Dragoon * highly recommended *
Legend of Legaia * A lot of my friends hate this game. It's not terrible by any means. As an RPG lover, I saw past what they saw...which is them being idiots (if it wasn't rated or reviewed as a top of the list game, then it sucked!) *
Legend of Mana * recommended *
Lunar Silver Star Story Box Set * recommended *
Lunar II Eternal Blue Box Set * recommended *
Persona
Persona II: Eternal Punishment
Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure
Saga Frontier
Saga Frontier 2
Star Ocean: Second Story * recommended *
Suikoden * recommended *
Suikoden II * recommended *
Tactics Ogre * recommended *
Tales of Destiny * recommended *
Tales of Destiny II * recommended *
Thousand Arms
Threads of Fate * recommended *
Vagrant Story * recommended *
Valkyrie Profile * recommended *
Vandal Hearts
Vandal Hearts II
Vanguard Bandits
Wild Arms * highly recommended *
Wild Arms 2 * recommended *
Xenogears * recommended *

I did enjoy the first Suikoden quite a bit, but never played any of the others for whatever reason. might give some of those a go. just played tales of phantasia, planning on checking out a couple of the tales games. I played quite a few on the ps1 that was my main rpg era. thanks for the list though, I will look up some of the ones i haven't played and see if they interest me.

[TrevorF]

I did enjoy the first Suikoden quite a bit, but never played any of the others for whatever reason. might give some of those a go. just played tales of phantasia, planning on checking out a couple of the tales games. I played quite a few on the ps1 that was my main rpg era. thanks for the list though, I will look up some of the ones i haven't played and see if they interest me.

I just bought Tales of Phantasia for SFC and GBA for my collection. Unfortunately I need a few more Japanese lessons, so it's looking like GBA is going to be first.

PS1 and/or SNES they both have a ton of original titles and you can't go wrong with any of them.

[Nemoide]

I think the Dragon Quest series is the epitome of how fun a JRPG can be and have totally non-emo stories/characters.

of the DQ games i've played I couldn't get into them because they seemed like a grind fest. is there one in particular you recomend, or maybe one that's not so heavy on grinding/dungeon crawling?

DQVI for the DS is probably the best bet; I remember the grinding being fairly minimal. (For me it was mostly at the end because I made some mistakes with selecting character classes needed to unlock the "Hero" class.) The most fun aspect of the game for me was constantly exploring new areas and making changes between two worlds.

The other DS games are great too. I think V is probably the most popular, but does have a few slightly potential emo elements? Bad things happen to the hero for long stretches of time but I personally thought that it never felt angsty.

[Menegrothx]

I thought fallout was a fps? might have to look into it too.

Yes, combat is FPS rather than turn based. It still is a RPG nonetheless. Not as much as Fallout 1&2, but 3&NV still classify as action RPGs. Fallout 2 is one of the best RPGs of all times so its highly recommended that you try it even though it's on PC.

And although the RPG elements are very light in Deus Ex, thats a FPS/action RPG that every one should try and another all time greatest game. Deus Ex Human Revolution is also great afaik.

Unfortunately i dont have $150 to spend right now. I'm not a huge fan of playing on emulators it just feels weird playing old games on my modded xbox controller

You are aware that you can buy a USB SNES controller for like 10-15 dollars, right?

Western rpg's are more grindy and dungeon crawly than jrpg's or is that just a misconception i have? To be honest i haven't played many western rpgs at all

Not really. It's more like that Western RPGs are more complex and can be hard to get into/unforgiving, while JRPGs are easier to get into but often have a lot of grinding/random encounters. WRPGs tend to be open and give the player a lot of freedom while JRPGs usually are more linear and focus on storyline. It naturally depends on which era of WRPGs and JRPGs you are talking about and what kind.



Did any one mention Final Fantasy X2 ?

[Valkyrie-Favor]

Jeanne D'Arc is super easy compared to most SRPGs like Final Fantasy Tactics or Tactics Ogre. Give it a try